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Medieval Sourcebook:
Paschal's Privilege (April 12, 1111)
Pascha II faced such opposition from the bishop to his first proposal, that he effectively gave in and conceded to King Henry V (1106-1125) the right of investing prelates with ring and staff. This arrangement was also repudiated by many bishops and subsequently annulled by the pope.
Extract from Paschal's Privilege (April 12, 1111)
That prerogative, therefore, of dignity which our predecessors did grant to thy predecessors the catholic emperors, and did confirm by their charters, we also do concede to thee, beloved, and do confirm by the page of this present privilege: that, namely, thou may'st confer the investiture of staff and ring, freely, except through simony and with violence to the elected, on the bishops and abbots of thy king dom. But after the investiture they shall receive the canonical consecration from the bishop to whom they belong. If any one, moreover, without thy consent, shall have been elected by the clergy and people, he shall be consecrated by no one unless he be invested by thee.
from MG LL, folio II, pp. 72 ff, translated in Ernest F. Henderson, Select Historical Documents of the Middle Ages, (London: George Bell and Sons, 1910), pp. 407-408
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